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The Game Of Kings: The Lymond Chronicles Book One

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Description for The Game Of Kings: The Lymond Chronicles Book One Paperback. Francis Crawford of Lymond, and outlawed rebel, is in Edinburgh again ..and his arrival in Scotland ignites a series of explosive events. Against a background of political intrigue and violence, Lymond is tracking three men, one of whom holds the only answer he can give to the world, the parliaments and the men who condemned him. Series: The Lymond Chronicles. Num Pages: 528 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 370.

Discover the compelling and addictive adventure from one of the nation's favourite historical writers, perfect for fans of Game of Thrones

'A brilliant storyteller, The Lymond Chronicles will keep you reading late into the night' The Times Literary Supplement
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'I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands'


1547. After five years imprisonment and exile far from his homeland, Francis Crawford of Lymond - scholar, soldier, rebel, nobleman, outlaw - returns to Edinburgh.

But for many in an already divided Scotland, where conspiracies swarm around the infant Queen Mary, he is not welcome.

Lymond is wanted for treason and murder, and he is accompanied by a band of killers and ruffians who will only bring further violence and strife.

Is he back to foment rebellion?
Does he seek revenge on those who banished him?
Or has he returned to clear his name?


No one but the enigmatic Lymond himself knows the truth - and no one will discover it until he is ready . . .

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'A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention' New York Times

'Melodrama of the most magnificent kind' Guardian

VOTED ONE OF BRITAIN'S FAVOURITE HISTORICAL NOVELS

Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
The Lymond Chronicles
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140282399
SKU
V9780140282399
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About Dorothy Dunnett
Frequently described as the finest historical fiction writer of her time, Dorothy Dunnett earned worldwide acclaim for her blend of scholarship and imagination. She is best known for her two superb series of historical fiction - The Lymond Chronicles and The House of Niccolo - set in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and ranging across Europe and the Mediterranean, and for King Hereafter, the eleventh-century story of Earl Thorfinn of Orkney whom Dorothy believed was also King Macbeth. In 1992, Dorothy Dunnett was awarded the OBE for her services to literature, and in 2014 Dunnett's most enduring hero, Francis Crawford of Lymond, was voted Scotland's favourite literary character - beating the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter and Ivanhoe. Dunnett died 9 November 2001, having sold half a million copies internationally.

Reviews for The Game Of Kings: The Lymond Chronicles Book One
Praise for Dorothy Dunnett
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A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention
New York Times
Marvellous, breathtaking
The Times
A masterpiece of historical fiction
Washington Post
One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lashings of excitement, colour and subtlety
The Times
Vivid, engaging, densely plotted - are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction
New York Times

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